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There aren’t that many things I’ve said in my life that would be construed as anger, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t out there. Honestly, there are quite a few moments during my career as Robin in which anger has momentarily taken over. Case in point: when Batman revealed to Stephanie Brown, formerly the Spoiler, formerly my girlfriend, my secret identity.
I don’t need to go into detail on what happened during then, because a few weeks prior to that, I’d just informed Stephanie that Batman and I trusted each other when it came to our secret identities. We went to each other regarding anything because we had a partnership based on trust. Batman destroyed the trust I had in him by revealing my secret to Stephanie without my consent. There is one moment that I recall vividly, one moment that I wish I could take back, and am partly glad I can’t. This event took place earlier this year.
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This moment in time took place a month or so after the Joker had come within a heartbeat or so of crippling Gotham with his drug. Two nights after I’d just revealed to Cassie Sandsmark, better known as Wonder Girl, how I felt about her, and vice versa, she and I went out on a date-no costumes, no Robin and Wonder Girl-just Tim and Cassie. It had gone spectacular-Cassie was being herself, confident and a bit flirty, and I was being myself-calm, collected and as gentlemanly as I could...until I heard my watch beeping. Yes-it was Batman.
Once I saw who contacted me, I had no choice but to leave Cassie where she was at, the food I’d personally made for her and all, and hightailed it back to Gotham. The reason? I had to get to school the next morning. Upon making it back to Gotham-just before 7:00 AM-I decided to check my e-mail, only to find out that we had no school thanks to Black Monday! (Black Monday is the day that will always be remembered to us Gothamites as the day Gotham had been abandoned by the rest of the country and officially declared a No Man’s Land.)
Furious, I put my costume on and headed down into the Batcave, where I confronted the man who would become my adopted father within a month from then-The Batman. I demanded to know what gave him the right to interrupt my date like that, and his response, like all of them, was short and to the point:
“You still have a few weeks of school left, Tim. Dates can be rescheduled; your classes cannot. What you feel for Wonder Girl may only be a simple crush.”
Once I’d heard that, I exploded and went on a heated rant about how he was one to talk about being in a relationship-the list of women he’d gone through as Bruce Wayne or Batman could outrun a locomotive-so to speak. I’d even gone far enough as to insist that he didn’t even know what his feelings were for Wonder Woman, much less Selina Kyle. After I had finished, I stormed out of the Batcave and went straight to Blüdhaven.
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It took me some time to cool down from what I’d said; I never even told Cassie about that small intervention I’d had with Batman in Gotham. When I had cooled down, a part of me regretted even doing it. A few nights later, before I’d left to meet up with Cassie in San Francisco, Batman showed up in Blüdhaven. Neither one of us spoke for a while; the tension between us so thick, you could cut through it with the proverbial knife. ‘Course, when I did respond, I responded with some words I’d said to him before-
“I’m not gonna ask you to apologize for what you did.”
“I hope not.”
Once those words had been spoken, for the first time ever, the two of us patrolled Blüdhaven together that night.
I knew that Batman had only been looking out for my well being concerning my superhero career, my academic career, and my personal life. But, as much as I believe that Batman needs a Robin to keep himself grounded, to remind himself he’s human, I need to look out for my own personal life, and not always have to see Batman looking over my shoulder.
Muse: Robin/Tim Drake
Fandom: DC Universe
Word Count: 3,288
I don’t need to go into detail on what happened during then, because a few weeks prior to that, I’d just informed Stephanie that Batman and I trusted each other when it came to our secret identities. We went to each other regarding anything because we had a partnership based on trust. Batman destroyed the trust I had in him by revealing my secret to Stephanie without my consent. There is one moment that I recall vividly, one moment that I wish I could take back, and am partly glad I can’t. This event took place earlier this year.
****************************
This moment in time took place a month or so after the Joker had come within a heartbeat or so of crippling Gotham with his drug. Two nights after I’d just revealed to Cassie Sandsmark, better known as Wonder Girl, how I felt about her, and vice versa, she and I went out on a date-no costumes, no Robin and Wonder Girl-just Tim and Cassie. It had gone spectacular-Cassie was being herself, confident and a bit flirty, and I was being myself-calm, collected and as gentlemanly as I could...until I heard my watch beeping. Yes-it was Batman.
Once I saw who contacted me, I had no choice but to leave Cassie where she was at, the food I’d personally made for her and all, and hightailed it back to Gotham. The reason? I had to get to school the next morning. Upon making it back to Gotham-just before 7:00 AM-I decided to check my e-mail, only to find out that we had no school thanks to Black Monday! (Black Monday is the day that will always be remembered to us Gothamites as the day Gotham had been abandoned by the rest of the country and officially declared a No Man’s Land.)
Furious, I put my costume on and headed down into the Batcave, where I confronted the man who would become my adopted father within a month from then-The Batman. I demanded to know what gave him the right to interrupt my date like that, and his response, like all of them, was short and to the point:
“You still have a few weeks of school left, Tim. Dates can be rescheduled; your classes cannot. What you feel for Wonder Girl may only be a simple crush.”
Once I’d heard that, I exploded and went on a heated rant about how he was one to talk about being in a relationship-the list of women he’d gone through as Bruce Wayne or Batman could outrun a locomotive-so to speak. I’d even gone far enough as to insist that he didn’t even know what his feelings were for Wonder Woman, much less Selina Kyle. After I had finished, I stormed out of the Batcave and went straight to Blüdhaven.
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It took me some time to cool down from what I’d said; I never even told Cassie about that small intervention I’d had with Batman in Gotham. When I had cooled down, a part of me regretted even doing it. A few nights later, before I’d left to meet up with Cassie in San Francisco, Batman showed up in Blüdhaven. Neither one of us spoke for a while; the tension between us so thick, you could cut through it with the proverbial knife. ‘Course, when I did respond, I responded with some words I’d said to him before-
“I’m not gonna ask you to apologize for what you did.”
“I hope not.”
Once those words had been spoken, for the first time ever, the two of us patrolled Blüdhaven together that night.
I knew that Batman had only been looking out for my well being concerning my superhero career, my academic career, and my personal life. But, as much as I believe that Batman needs a Robin to keep himself grounded, to remind himself he’s human, I need to look out for my own personal life, and not always have to see Batman looking over my shoulder.
Muse: Robin/Tim Drake
Fandom: DC Universe
Word Count: 3,288
